Kitchen & Bath: Venting Professional-Style Kitchen Ranges

One of the latest must-haves in
trendy upscale kitchens is the professional-
style range. A standard range
can be satisfactorily vented by a standard-
size hood, but the commercial-look
range produces much more heat, mandating
a high-capacity ventilating hood.
Some designers and clients want to
forgo any hood over a pro-style range
lest it distract attention from the
showcase cooktop. Or maybe after
swallowing the price of the range,
there’s little stomach left for a
compatible hood (you’ll want to
allow between $1,000 and $3,500
in the appliance budget for a professional-
style hood — a custom
hood can range from $5,000 to
$10,000, depending on features).
But leaving out the hood is an
invitation to “disaster,” as one
range manufacturer’s